Networking World: Are enterprises ready for network virtualization?

Unisys going on offense in server and security markets

Network World's Products of the week 8.26.13

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August 26, 2013

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Are enterprises ready for network virtualization?

Chris Harney works as a consultant for VMware resellers and consultants, and he also runs a well-populated virtualization user group in New England named VTUG (Virtual Technology User Group). He's regularly out and about working with companies and people who work with enterprises on a daily basis.

Issue highlights

1. INSIDER Unisys going on offense in server and security markets

2. Network World's Products of the week 8.26.13

3. QA engineers are just about the happiest workers of all

4. IBM Extends It's Cybersecurity Footprint With Trusteer Acquisition

5. VMware unwraps virtual networking software – promises greater network control, security

6. Has Apache lost its way?

7. CIO Steve McManama: Why IT has to change how it recruits talent

8. Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

9. Bloated project ends with suit against offshore outsourcer

10. 7 classic Steve Ballmer videos

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INSIDER

Unisys going on offense in server and security markets

CEO Ed Coleman says a new software-focused data center strategy and powerful new security technology will enable Unisys to take up the attack in vital market segments and shake up customer views about the usually quiet company. READ MORE

Network World's Products of the week 8.26.13

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QA engineers are just about the happiest workers of all

A survey puts QA in the No. 2 position when it comes to on-the-job contentment. READ MORE

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IBM Extends It's Cybersecurity Footprint With Trusteer Acquisition

Yes, the IBM/Trusteer deal happened on 8/15 but summer activities interrupted my blogging schedule so I'm just catching up. Rumor has it that IBM paid somewhere between $800m and $1 billion for the Israeli cybersecurity firm. That's a lot of dollars, shekels, or any other currency but Trusteer can help IBM extend its information security shadow with: READ MORE

VMware unwraps virtual networking software – promises greater network control, security

VMware today announced that its virtual networking software and security software products packaged together in an offering named NSX will be available in the fourth quarter of this year. READ MORE

Has Apache lost its way?

Since its inception, the Apache Software Foundation has had a profound impact in shaping the open source movement and the tech industry at large. READ MORE

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CIO Steve McManama: Why IT has to change how it recruits talent

As an IT executive at a global company, Steve McManama says he's keenly aware of the need for an IT team that's not just talented, but diverse, too. McManama is vice president of global shared services and CIO at Covidien, a $10 billion global healthcare products maker. His tenure with the company dates back to 1981, and his other roles there include serving as the executive sponsor of Covidien's Women in Technology (WIT) program and sitting on the company's Executive Steering Committee of Diversity & Inclusion. Here McManama talks about the importance of diversity in IT and other topics crucial to CIOs today. READ MORE

Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

The U.S. National Security Agency reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. READ MORE

Bloated project ends with suit against offshore outsourcer

An outsourced project to modernize Orange County, Calif.'s tax collection system that was supposed to take three years and cost just over $8 million was on track to cost twice that amount and take twice as long when officials pulled the plug. READ MORE

7 classic Steve Ballmer videos

Retiring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is one heck of a character READ MORE

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